Nutritional quality of live food organisms and their enrichment

Abstract

Nutritional research on cultivable species of aquatic animals
has been receiving greater attention all over the world. Live food
organisms such as phytoplankton and zooplankton are successfully
used for rearing the larvae of fish and shellfish in hatcheries. Using
the knowledge of nutritional requirements of candidate species of
cultured organisms, compounded feeds are being developed with
locally available raw materials. Techniques have been sucessfully
evolved to prepare microencapsulated diets for rearing larvae of
fish and shellfish. Continued efforts are on to produce nutritionally
well balanced feeds through deeper understanding of amino acid
and fatty acid requirements of animals. As a major cost-factor
in the production, feed is a very important component in the overall
development of mariculture.